FTC’s Slaughter Laments Shutdown-Mandated ‘Skeleton Crews’ for Deal Reviews
FTC deal reviews aren’t as effective with shutdown-mandated “skeleton crews,” Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter tweeted Monday, calling it a “bad situation.” She responded to a thread from Public Knowledge Policy Counsel-Competition Charlotte Slaiman suggesting transactions can be approved by default…
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if enforcers don’t take action. The FTC and DOJ have an initial 30 days to respond to review applications, Slaiman noted. “It’s not that folks aren’t reviewing, it’s the excellent point that this work can’t be done as effectively with a skeleton crew,” Slaughter wrote.